Proverbs 27 : 1 (NET)
Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth.
Proverbs 27 : 2 (NET)
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips.
Proverbs 27 : 3 (NET)
A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.
Proverbs 27 : 4 (NET)
Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
Proverbs 27 : 5 (NET)
Better is open rebuke than hidden love.
Proverbs 27 : 6 (NET)
Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive.
Proverbs 27 : 7 (NET)
The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.
Proverbs 27 : 8 (NET)
Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home.
Proverbs 27 : 9 (NET)
Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one's friend from sincere counsel.
Proverbs 27 : 10 (NET)
Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away.
Proverbs 27 : 11 (NET)
Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me.
Proverbs 27 : 12 (NET)
A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it.
Proverbs 27 : 13 (NET)
Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for a stranger, hold him in pledge.
Proverbs 27 : 14 (NET)
If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him.
Proverbs 27 : 15 (NET)
A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike.
Proverbs 27 : 16 (NET)
Whoever hides her hides the wind or grasps oil with his right hand.
Proverbs 27 : 17 (NET)
As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend.
Proverbs 27 : 18 (NET)
The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored.
Proverbs 27 : 19 (NET)
As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person's heart reflects the person.
Proverbs 27 : 20 (NET)
As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.
Proverbs 27 : 21 (NET)
As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives.
Proverbs 27 : 22 (NET)
If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him.
Proverbs 27 : 23 (NET)
Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds,
Proverbs 27 : 24 (NET)
for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation.
Proverbs 27 : 25 (NET)
When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in,
Proverbs 27 : 26 (NET)
the lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be for the price of a field.
Proverbs 27 : 27 (NET)
And there will be enough goat's milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls.
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